About 170 people signed up to testify in front of the council's Committee on the Whole, which is comprised of all council members.
once again took center stage inside Philadelphia City Hall on Monday night as members of the public expressed their support or opposition to the plan.
Mark Lynch, the business manager for IBEW Local 98, said, "It's about thousands of jobs, thousands of careers, and investing in our school system." "Just imagine if there's a game in Chinatown, no one is going to come to Chinatown to eat in a restaurant to pay overpriced parking, to try to find parking, to deal with the congestion," said Shirley Moy, who spoke out against the proposal.
If the plan is approved, demolition would begin in 2026 and the arena would open in the fall of 2031. First, it needs support from a majority in the Philadelphia City Council.
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